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Overaccumulation, Public Debt and the Importance of Land

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  • Homburg Stefan

    (Leibniz University of Hannover, Welfengarten 1,Hannover, Germany)

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In recent contributions, von Weizsäcker (2014) and Summers (2014) maintain that mature economies accumulate too much capital. They suggest large and lasting public deficits as a remedy. This study argues that overaccumulation cannot occur in an economy with land. It presents novel data of aggregate land values, analyzes the issue within a stochastic framework and conducts an empirical test of overaccumulation.

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  • Homburg Stefan, 2014. "Overaccumulation, Public Debt and the Importance of Land," German Economic Review, De Gruyter, vol. 15(4), pages 411-435, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:germec:v:15:y:2014:i:4:p:411-435
    DOI: 10.1111/geer.12053
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    JEL classification:

    • D92 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Intertemporal Firm Choice, Investment, Capacity, and Financing
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory
    • H63 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Debt; Debt Management; Sovereign Debt

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